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Prison release scheme risks public safety, admits Justice Secretary
Shabana Mahmood announces thousands of criminals will be released 40 per cent of the way through sentences
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Braverman hits back at Badenoch over ‘breakdown’ comments
Ex-home secretary accuses potential leadership rival of failing to speak out about Tories’ doomed bid for re-election in time
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Rishi Sunak has one last chance to rescue the Conservatives
Before the leadership election, the outgoing prime minister must push through long-overdue constitutional reforms for the party
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Almost half of Tory grassroots would back Reform UK merger
Conservatives saw draining of support to Nigel Farage’s party at election, with 25 per cent of 2019 voters switching allegiance
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Bob Blackman: the anti-gay marriage hardliner holding sway over Tory leadership contest
Chairman of the influential 1922 Committee will dictate the rules and time frame of the race to replace Rishi Sunak as Conservative leader
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Kemi Badenoch lays into Rishi Sunak for election disaster
Leadership contender criticises D-Day blunder and says calling early election without first informing Cabinet ‘bordered on unconstitutional’
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Braverman not the person to reunite Tories, says ex-deputy chairman
Jonathan Gullis says: ‘I think Suella’s rhetoric at times could be overly explosive, overly divisive’
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Braverman claims Tory rival Jenrick is on Left of the party
Former home secretary portrays fellow potential leadership contender as pro-Europe on Brexit and ECHR
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Sunak should stay on as Tory leader until November, says Duncan Smith
Former Tory leader backs longer leadership campaign to give party time to understand reasons for historic defeat
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Letters: The Conservatives now face a long battle to unite a party riven by factions
Plus: Labour’s housing pledge; alternatives to first-past-the-post; ringing the bell on chemotherapy; and puddings worth the thorns
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Rishi Sunak spends weekend ringing MPs who lost their seat
Following the Tories’ election drubbing, the Leader of the Opposition offered his commiserations to former colleagues now out of a job
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Letters: If the Conservative Party is to survive it must end the Leftward drift that led to defeat
Telegraph readers on Tory neglect of traditional supporters, the rise of Reform, and Labour’s failure to capture the nation’s imagination
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Defeated Tory quits party saying it has ‘no chance of ever being electable again’
Yeovil representative says party is ‘dead’ after he lost seat to Liberal Democrats
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Election turnout worst for more than 20 years
Overall turnout at 59.9 per cent - down from 67.3 per cent at previous election in 2019
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Defeated Tory candidates turn on CCHQ for ‘lack of leaflets and support’
Conservatives launch attack on headquarters after ‘disastrous campaign’ saw worst defeat in party’s modern history
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Sunak had ‘idiotic policies’ and Tories took voters for ‘mugs’, says Braverman
The Conservatives ‘deserved’ historic election defeat, claims former home secretary